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Ilia Topuria Vs Justin Gaethje - Lightweight Title Fight - Ufc Freedom 250 Fight Hd Hot
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00:00Gaethje is 37, Ilya to 40 at 29, Gaethje has 4 inches in height, less pronounced in reach where the
00:06American fighter will have a reach advantage of 1 inch.
00:10Gaethje the interim champ, Ilya, the UFC lightweight champion that will unify the lightweight titles at the White House in
00:18the backdrop.
00:19In the main event's introductions, Bruce Buffett.
00:23Ladies and gentlemen, this is the main event of the evening.
00:31Thank you by the Association of Combat Commissions.
00:35Our three judges scoring this contest at Octagon Side R, Ben Cartlidge, Derek Cleary, and Sal D'Amato.
00:42And when the action begins, our referee in charge of the Octagon, Mark Goddard.
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01:03And now, for those in attendance and UFC fans watching around the world,
01:13this is the moment you've all been waiting for.
01:20Live from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.
01:36It's time!
01:41Five rounds for the undisputed UFC lightweight championship of the world!
01:53Introducing first, fighting out of the blue corner!
01:57A mixed martial artist holding a professional record, 27 wins, 5 losses.
02:02He stands, 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing in at 155 pounds.
02:08Fighting out of Denver, Colorado, by way of Sanford, Arizona!
02:12He is the former UFC BMF champion, and the two-time interim UFC lightweight champion,
02:27presenting the challenger, Justin the Highlight Game Show!
02:42And now, introducing his opponent, fighting out of the red corner!
02:49An undefeated mixed martial artist holding a perfect professional record, 17 wins, no losses.
02:55He stands, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing in at 155 pounds.
03:01Fighting out of Alicante, Spain!
03:05Presenting the former UFC featherweight champion,
03:09and the reigning, defending, undisputed UFC lightweight champion of the world!
03:23El Magadar, Iliar, El Magadar, Tampurriar!
03:39Okay, gentlemen, you understand the rules, you find there.
03:41Listen to me at all times, keep yourself protected.
03:43When I say stop, you stop.
03:45If you want to touch, do it now.
03:46God bless.
03:50The tension is palpable, as they say.
03:53About 4,300 people with us here on the south lawn.
03:56Another 80,000 not far away on the ellipse.
04:00Thank you, Chrissy.
04:01Ready to go.
04:02And that is the belt that is on the line here at UFC Freedom 250.
04:09The calm, cool, and collected Iliar Topordia is in the blue center of the octagon.
04:13Justin Gaethje working off of that jab early is in what?
04:16That was a stiff jab by Gaethje there.
04:26Gaethje's jab.
04:27He's walking him down.
04:31Gaethje's jab being heard from early.
04:32That's three.
04:33Nice low kick by Iliar.
04:45Gaethje had to wait a long time, but off to an outstanding start.
04:51It's almost like Topordia doesn't respect what Justin's throwing at him.
04:56Oh, nice leg kick.
04:57That's another one from Topordia.
04:59Justin needs to throw his leg kick.
05:03Oh, nice right.
05:04Oh, big right hand from Topordia after Gaethje appeared to land.
05:09Gaethje landed a good right hand there.
05:10Topordia came back with a right hand of his own.
05:14Topordia is so slick.
05:16The way he holds his hands up and moves with punches.
05:19Oh, right hand over the top.
05:21Nice right hand there by Justin.
05:23Counter got through for the American.
05:25Nice uppercut.
05:27But you can just see, like, the difference in the power, or at least the way Topordia throws.
05:32It seems like his is taking more of an effect.
05:34So precise.
05:35There's a clean right hand by Iliar.
05:39Gaethje pursues the clinch.
05:42Nice uppercut by Gaethje again.
05:46Really good start for the underdog.
05:48Gaethje landed 15 of 26 significant strikes already.
05:52Remember, Gaethje threw so many leg kicks.
05:54He doesn't do that anymore.
05:56I think that would benefit him with Topordia having such a heavy boxing style.
06:00And Topordia is already bloodied up on that right side.
06:03Oh!
06:04Clean right hand.
06:05He's so fast.
06:07Very precise.
06:08He's so quick.
06:12Appears as though it was an uppercut that opened Topordia up.
06:15Oh, nice jab by Jayce.
06:18It's when Justin grabs that single.
06:20He fakes a single, then grabs an uppercut.
06:22Throws an uppercut.
06:26Oh, another nice jab.
06:28The timing in that jab is nice.
06:33Topordia to the body.
06:34Continues to invest in that low leg kick as well.
06:37That uppercut by Justin is landing.
06:47Gaethje particularly sharp early.
06:48Topordia closes the distance.
06:50Right hand partially lands for Gaethje.
06:58Oh, another jab.
06:59They traded jabs there.
07:01That jab by Gaethje is solid.
07:06Oh, another uppercut there in tight.
07:08When Topordia closes the distance, Justin grabs his leg and it throws an uppercut up the middle.
07:14Under two now to go in round one.
07:17Topordia is going to just keep pressing though.
07:22Oh!
07:22Nice right hand by Justin.
07:24Beautiful right hand.
07:26Couldn't ask for a much better start for Justin Gaethje.
07:29Closed plus 350 or so.
07:32Trading at 29% right now.
07:34Polimark and a big right hand for Gaethje.
07:38Huge opening round so far for the challenger.
07:45But you also know the danger is always there from Topordia.
07:49But as you get damage put on you, you lose power.
07:54Topordia better get going.
07:55Oh, right hand by Topordia and a left hook behind it.
08:02Gaethje still able to follow up with his own offense.
08:04Now looks about...
08:05Two left swings by Topordia inside.
08:09And Iliad just throws hard whenever he gets him closer.
08:12He talks about his ability in the pocket.
08:18Oh, they're trading early.
08:22Oh!
08:23Oh!
08:25Oh my goodness.
08:27These dudes are going at it.
08:28This is wild.
08:29An absolutely incredible start to round one.
08:33This is a crazy pace too.
08:36Crazy.
08:40Topordia's got under 30 seconds to make good on his round one.
08:43Knockout prediction.
08:45Gaethje goes high.
08:47Nice left hook to the body by Topordia.
08:49Right hand over the top.
08:50Good combination by Iliad.
08:55I mean, he's got to go through it.
08:56Oh, nice body shot.
08:57Up to the body.
08:58Oh, right hand.
09:01Late pressure in the round from Topordia.
09:03Oh, the body shot is nasty.
09:05Oh, and Gaethje with a nice right hand cover on the inside.
09:09Wow, what a round.
09:11Woo!
09:16We have not seen to pour you bloody up like this in a while.
09:19If ever.
09:23Breathe deep.
09:25Breathe deep.
09:29Everything.
09:33Everything.
09:35Nice haircut there by Gaethje.
09:38The jab that he landed a boatload in that first round.
09:45Another little left hand by Gaethje.
09:50Beautiful right hand over the top by JG.
09:53But then Topordia had moments, a lot of moments towards the end of that round.
09:56Topordia started to get Justin to reach and move in an awkward way.
10:01And it seemed like you were starting to get a beat on Gaethje, man.
10:04Ripped that left hook to the body multiple times.
10:07And the numbers would tell you, albeit unofficially, that Topordia outlanded Gaethje 39-37.
10:12And Iliad landed at a 67% clip.
10:1547% for Gaethje through five minutes.
10:22All right, here we go.
10:23Round two of a possible five for the UFC lightweight title.
10:30Gaethje started to stand a little bit in front of Topordia too much.
10:35Iliad is so explosive.
10:36You cannot allow him to set his feet.
10:47The thing about Gaethje is Iliad is a little shorter than him.
10:50So when he enters, Gaethje just kind of puts his jab out there and lets him run into it.
10:56You see that?
10:57Yep.
10:58But now Iliad is fainting before he moves in to try to lure out that jab.
11:04Oh, ripped to the body.
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11:17That feint has changed it already.
11:20Look at it.
11:20He's got him reaching.
11:23Topordia connects to the net.
11:25Oh!
11:26And both guys land on that exchange.
11:34Oh, another uppercut.
11:36Topordia continuing his investment in the body just prior.
11:40Topordia just presses you forward with that measured forward pressure.
11:50I love that single leg to the collar tie uppercut by Gaethje.
11:56Topordia's bleeding from the nose now as well.
12:06Topordia!
12:07Now a nice jab from the champ.
12:10Right hand by Topordia.
12:13Gaethje seems to be kind of rolling as Topordia throws the right hand.
12:16Oh, that's a huge right from Gaethje.
12:19Topordia with a great chin, ate it pretty well.
12:24Nice jab by Justin.
12:26Oh, nice number cut.
12:28Again
12:32Body man that body's hurt big right hand for top 40 a cage. He fires back as usual
12:40Before his left hook is real powerful here comes it there it is to the body
12:47Right in front of us
12:51Again
12:55Again
12:55Oh, thank you just out of range with the uppercut is topordia continues to apply pressure reset there for gates
13:01The point with uppercut there he's digging that body shot gate just trying everything
13:11It comes up left hand. Yep. Get just trying to tuck the elbows. Oh my goodness
13:17Can't you bloody batter firing back
13:21Oh, we heard him with that liver shot
13:26KG in a world of trouble real trouble here
13:31Oh
13:36He's got his back
13:41He's got his arm bar here
13:45Armbar
13:47Topordia bails on the armbar for now
13:50I mean that body work was crazy by Topordia and we have seen him do this before
13:54On multiple occasions look for the triangle here
13:58Oh, Topordia's going triangle from the top
14:02Okay, you get by submission for the BJJ black belt Topordia and now he can switch arm bar
14:12He's going to roll him over with the leg
14:14He's going to roll him over with the leg
14:15Oh, that was nice Joe
14:16Beautiful
14:18Jesse's got to come up now
14:19That's going to explode
14:35A lot of energy expended on both sides
14:38Yes
14:38A lot of offense from Topordia
14:41Gage has got to be trying to find a way to get to the end of this round
14:44U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A.
14:48Those body shots are very tired
14:51Ilya's showing some signs of fatigue right now as well
14:53Yep
14:53Really went for it in the second round
14:56I mean the pace is insane
15:09He may be riding this out
15:11Yeah
15:11Oh, he has to right this round's at the best
15:13This is Ilya's round
15:14Ilya caught a tremendous second round
15:16Heard him bad for the body
15:17Looked like he was going to finish him
15:19But now Justin gets to go to his stool
15:21Try to recover
15:22And try to refocus for a third round
15:24What a fight
15:25What a fight through 10 and a critical 60 seconds on the stools here
15:29Before round three
15:35Sit down
15:38Good, slowly bring him back
15:44Hey
15:45Hey, good body shot
15:46Hey, that was a good body shot
15:47Hey, start pressing him
15:49Start pressing him
15:50No more backwards
15:50He's pushing you back to the fence
15:52Press him and time him
15:53You either drop step or you open your left foot
15:55You got me?
15:56And start bringing the low kick now
15:57He's forgot about it
15:58You have to dig into him though
16:00Okay
16:00No more falling back
16:02You got me?
16:03Deep breath
16:04Here we go
16:04Big drink for me
16:05This is on you
16:06This is on you
16:06Drink
16:08Good, another one
16:09Another one
16:12Good job
16:13Hey, stay focused
16:15This will be changed
16:16Forward with left pressure
16:17Left pressure
16:18He's bringing the low kick
16:19Kick him off his feet
16:20He almost slapped with the right hand
16:22He was slapping up top
16:24Not even really making a fist
16:25Left hook
16:26To open up that left hook to the body
16:28Trevor Whitman doing a great job centering
16:30Justin Gaethje
16:31And again with pointed advice
16:32He wants forward motion
16:35This scene is so surreal
16:37The fog is rolling through the cage
16:39This fight is incredible
16:41He wants Gaethje pressing forward
16:43He said he's allowing Teporia to back him up
16:45This is good for Gaethje
16:46Get close
16:47Get in contact
16:48Try to clinch and hold him
16:49Because Ilya
16:51I mean both of them are fatigued
16:52The pace has been so high
16:53But Ilya did look a little tired
16:55Going back to the end of that round
17:04Teporia landing a remarkable 72 percent
17:08I mean
17:10John 60-something percent
17:11In the first round
17:1270 in the second
17:13It's crazy
17:14It does appear to be a little bit fatigued
17:17Coach Dean Thomas
17:18What do you got?
17:18This is a bad
17:19This is a bad spot for Gaethje
17:21It seems physically at times
17:22He ended that round bad
17:23But it's not all that bad for him
17:25Because he's been in these wars before
17:26He's got to be able to draw from that experience
17:29And take Teporia into a war
17:31Because we've never seen Teporia in a war
17:33So Gaethje does have some advantages
17:35As the way this fight is playing out
17:36And there was the low kick from Gaethje
17:38And that was what Trevor Whitman was calling for in the corner
17:41Said he's not going to anticipate it
17:42He landed it hard
17:43Well Ilya's waiting
17:44Because he's trying to get his second win
17:46Justin's got to get to work right now
17:48Not allowed for him
17:49To rebuild his win
17:50That's a great read champ
17:51Ilya Teporia has been 25 minutes in the UFC
17:53Against Josh Emmett back in 2023
17:55It was a fight of the night
17:57But largely it was one-way traffic
17:58Right
17:59And that's the difference right
18:00He's taken damage
18:01He's been hit
18:02But if you're Justin
18:04You want to do what Trevor Whitman said
18:05You got to start kicking that leg
18:06Justin looks fresher right now
18:08Ilya looks like he really drained himself
18:10Trying to finish
18:11And he looks much slower right now
18:13And there's like a power threat still
18:15Because he hits so hard
18:16But that threat goes down from 10 to like 6
18:19When you start getting it around 3, 4, and 5
18:23Well and I don't have to tell you guys
18:24But wrestling and grappling is exhausting
18:26Gaethje oftentimes will say
18:28He doesn't wrestle a lot in MMA
18:29Because he's worried about fatigue
18:32There's that jab again by Gaethje
18:33Gaethje looks the fresher fighter
18:36Oh!
18:36By Haney heard him
18:37Huge slide for Gaethje
18:39No show, no show, no show!
18:43He hurt Toporia bad
18:47Toporia was almost standing in front of him just waiting
18:51Hard to see the extent to which Toporia has recovered
18:54Huge moment for Gaethje
18:55Midway through round 3
18:57Huge moment
19:00And here come the USA chants here on the sub-line
19:08Turnip
19:09Toporia back to his feet
19:10Toporia is in trouble
19:11He's beat bad
19:12Look at his face
19:13We've never seen Iliant Toporia like this before
19:17His face battered
19:20Cut over the right eye
19:22Bruising over the left eye
19:23Head kick
19:24and that's not going to help matters even if partially blocked
19:28look at his face his face is destroyed right now we've never seen him like this
19:34and when toporia throws offense gaethje now making him pay but gaethje's got to press a
19:39little bit because like you said i think that was such a great point dean's point
19:44toporia has not experienced these wars we've seen gaethje in these constantly
19:50but we're still only in the third yeah he's got to save some but if gaethje actually allows for
19:56him to build back into this fight but i believe that ilia will start to take over again perhaps
20:02but if gaethje can still do this if ilia really holds up right hand and if he can continue to
20:07chip away at him like this another right hand there landed by gaethje
20:15right hand again ilia's in real trouble look at his face oh gaethje almost fell over oh
20:32here's the gaethje chance you can imagine how raucous it is over on the ellipse right now one minute now
20:37to go round three toporia fires back he's searching for that body shot again
20:44oh yeah nice right hand by champ knowledge by gaethje oh he heard him
20:50he has heard it to pour you back with that right hand
20:55so portia circles away body language not ideal
21:01oh my goodness this is crazy this is crazy we have never seen the champion look like this in a
21:08fight
21:09before gaethje presses forward with a knee
21:16justin earlier's career would throw leg kicks from inside the clinch
21:22so portia has only fought a handful of times at lightweight in the ufc this is first title defense
21:27tonight oh my goodness that was a massive wrong for gaethje nice knee to the leg there by gaethje
21:34the tie turns in round three
21:41look in his face as he goes back to his corner oh my goodness i've never seen ilia look like
21:47this before
21:51i want to see his body language i want to see what his body tells me in between rounds
21:56doctor because he can see with this house
22:00the doctor he can see in the right eyes
22:04he cannot see it call the doctor they're calling for the doctor in the corner this is crazy
22:16i cannot see anything oh it's over if he says that the doctor's going to stop the fight
22:23they're going to stop the fight they're going to stop this look at me look at me do you want
22:31to
22:31continue of course yeah i want to continue
22:37give him water oh my goodness oh my goodness
22:52give him the ringside position a chance to make his decision but this is allowing him to recover
22:58yeah this is not the way it's supposed to be this allows to pour you more time
23:06the doctor's saying no oh this is crazy but this is crazy mark goddard taking his time as the best
23:16in the business this guy needs to get they need to get fighting
23:25this is more time for ilia to recover though this is not good none of this is good let it
23:30go
23:30if you're gonna let it go but this is crazy they gave him another minute yeah you got another minute
23:35that is wild tonight's championship rounds are brought to you by ram trucks nothing stops ram
23:46it seemed like the doctor was ready to stop the fight we will continue now with round four but if
23:55you're to pour you you got two minutes in between you got to take advantage of the extra time you
23:59got
23:59to recover and it was exactly a full extra minute on the screws two minutes between rounds that's crazy
24:06yeah but then uh one of our producers said gaethje did too but gaethje wasn't the one that was struggling
24:12us bad with the cardio exactly and he wasn't the one that was hurt badly
24:17and ilia looks better already and i'm not seeing this oh a minute i'm just saying that he looks like
24:23he's ready to fight now
24:26but that guy would not do it he's not going to quit on himself he's going to keep trying to
24:31find
24:32another hard right hand he's not seeing that oh beautiful throw by gaethje yo this this is so smart
24:38to just make you make him make him fight make him work in every situation
24:44so go to you cover it up gaethje continues to throw offense his way
24:51they're talking to each other oh
24:57shoots up from gaethje
25:01nice jab from justin
25:05nice leg kick there by teporia what an absolute war for the lightweight title
25:12i have never seen ilia teporia's face this beat up no just not the name is close
25:16justin gaethje hit so hard that is what guys have said when we asked all those great lightweights
25:23poirier yes who hit you the hardest they said justin gaethje almost unanimously well coming in here
25:29topuri had two minutes and 27 seconds of fight time against an elite lightweight gaethje had hours
25:34so there were a lot of advantages that maybe the public didn't see on the gaethje side
25:38he's got a lead here with eight or so minutes also gaethje is physically a much larger man oh another
25:45right hand ilia just touched his left eye and just kind of like almost gestured at him
25:50oh look at the swelling around that left eye it's crazy
26:01ilia teporia oh nice right hand by teporia that might hurt gaethje
26:07that was a big right hand
26:13it changed whenever gaethje was the one that started taking the center
26:17the point of the body in the right hand gaethje circles out on her two and a half to go
26:27round four
26:32fighters exchanged jabs oh big right hand
26:37and immediately answered by gaethje that uppercut that's hurting him yeah that might be
26:43that one he's bad he's hurt yeah there's a bone protrusion on the right side there oh my goodness
26:51so portia is absolutely battered in that facial region under two round four
26:58is just so used to that and you gotta think that that right eye swelling up like that left eye
27:04swelling
27:04like that oh oh that was nice job by the truck isolating that front of the eye
27:17that's the reaction perhaps from
27:19i gotta give it to before you man at the end of that third round it looked like he was
27:34done
27:35this and he is fighting a really good fourth round now this is a terrible situation for justin
27:42oh elbow to be this exhausted and to get mounted like this
27:47hey we might be going to a round uh fifth round where this thing is two to two yeah
27:52because the poor has fought a really good fourth round
27:55if justin can explode out of this he's almost out oh okay
28:05okay she talks out of harm's way
28:09to portia and gaethje have each landed 131 total strikes
28:14he gets a quick look at the climb
28:19to portia with a takedown or look like a good entry
28:21oh that's not a good sign for takori that he bailed on that takedown attempt
28:32well justin got his hips down gaethje needs to be punching though he's got to be working
28:37he's got to try to make ilia work through this last 20 20 seconds in a while 10 seconds
28:50he's in serious pain from that shot to the body oh that knee hurt him wow that knee hurt him
28:55bad
28:58gaethje is tired
29:03okay he just said something to his brother no no no no we finished the fight we finished the fight
29:09i don't know we finished it's almost like he's trying to not finish and that'll do it
29:12that's it that's it oh it's unbelievable
29:15and new oh my goodness justin gaethje with the ultimate career capstone at the world
29:26he retired on his stool oh my goodness
29:30ilia to portia's brother trying to say we're going to finish the fight but to portia could not
29:35and new unbelievable geez down now the american justin gaethje one of the great upsets
29:45in the history of the sport that's crazy that's one of the biggest upsets
29:52especially with how bad ilia had in the second round come on well perhaps in terms of the betting
29:58line but given everything that justin gaethje had accomplished in this lightweight division
30:05you've got to think some segment of the fan base and the pundits are not surprised that he was able
30:10to get his brand of violence on ilia to portia i mean we talk about this constantly he is just
30:17the
30:18master of brutality and he just systematically broke ilia to portia down he was hurt bad at times in this
30:25fight and he was able to just keep fighting it i mean put one of the biggest upsets i've seen
30:30all right i mean that was a uphill battle from the moment this fight was announced
30:35that justin gaethje would get the job done but he believed and he did and certainly it'll be
30:41interesting to see what sort of rebuild is in store for ilia to portia but tonight belongs to the
30:47safford arizona native and proud american the highlight justin gaethje on top of the mma world
31:00okay they're saying that the corner stopped the fight all right we're being told one of
31:04the corner men stopped the fight it certainly wasn't his brother who said audibly we are going
31:09to finish the fight yeah one of the corner men stopped the fight and justin gaethje is the new
31:14undisputed lightweight champion that's crazy man the one thing that had alluded justin gaethje was
31:21that undisputed tiger not anymore as he alluded to his mom and his dad this support that this family
31:27gives justin is crazy come in and tonight he went out there to represent himself his family and the
31:34united states of america john we spoke about storylines the whole night if that was a setting
31:41for a monumental upset it was this and justin gaethje just did it they continue to attend
31:49to ilia toporia perhaps it was javier clement who stopped the fight to try to protect his fighter to
31:57fight another day gaethje goes over to acknowledge toporia those two fighters forever linked but jg got it
32:04done it's kind of crazy though because i thought deporia's fourth round was his best round in a while
32:10but right here you see gaethje with the beautiful right hand boom that's the one that hurt deporia
32:14i mean ilia's face is just destroyed big right hand by gaethje drops deporia
32:22justin jumped on that darts choke another right hand i mean once deporia's eyes swole shut
32:29gaethje could not miss with the right hand and then watch at the end of this round
32:33justin oh my god knees him right at the rib and you can see deporia immediately take his left elbow
32:39back you could tell he was hurt bad by the way he got up to go back to his stool
32:45you could tell that ilia
32:47was very hurt and you remember back in the day when justin gaethje first won the interim lightweight
32:55championship he unceremoniously tossed the belt on the ground and now he's the undisputed champ
33:01but we saw alexander toporia say we're going to finish the fight but somebody else got involved
33:10all eyes on the highlight justin gaethje we'll talk to him next as we roll on where this is paramount
33:15plus
33:24june 26th
33:26you
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